Photographs

BERGEN COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHS

If you have photographs that you would like to share with other researchers, please feel free to send to me as an attachment. Thanks for your contributions and generosity!

NOTE TO SUBMITTERS: As I have transferred these submitted photos, you may notice that some are fuzzy. If one of these is yours and you can provide me with a better scan, I would love for you to re-submit them to me so we can put a better photo on this page for you and for other researchers. Just click here to submit a replacement photo and be sure to identify it so I get it into the right spot on the page.

Helen Sherwood lived on Poplar Avenue and attended Hackensack High School in 1938. Photo circa 1923. You can see "The Poe Studio" at the bottom. Helen was Edward's mother.

These two photos were submitted by Vicky Hain. Thank you Vicky for your generosity!

Vicky states the following about these photos:

They are both from Westwood, NJ. I estimate they are from the late 1800's since they are not dated. The building says on it: John F. West Contractor & Builder. On the side of the wagon in the photo with 2 horses it says again: John F. West, Westwood, NJ Contractor & Builder. On the back of one photo is photographer: Frank R. Kohler, P.O. Box 155, Ridgewood, NJ. I've seen other photos taken by him c.1900 in the Bergen area. If you have questions about these photos, please feel free to email me.

Dingenis Glerum Family

This is the Dingenis GLERUM family, at Ellis Island when they immigrated in 1907 from the Netherlands. They are identified in the 1910 census in Lodi, Bergen County, as: Daniel (Dingenis), age 48; Nellie, age 42; Marinus, age 22; Daniel, Jr., age 19; Jacob, age 18; Maria, age 16; Frank, age 14; Jacoba (dau), age 13; Minnie, age 12; Paulina, age 11; Johanna, age 10; two sons, ages 8 and 7 (names unreadable), and a daughter (unreadable), age 4. Apparently the youngest daughter was not caught on film. Photographer was Augustus SHERMAN, an immigration employee who also photographed immigrants from 1905-1920, and whose photographs are now a part of the Ellis Island museum's collection.

Emil Nensel

I believe my great grandfather, Berthold Nensel, took group pictures for the Tenafly High School year books. I have scanned some of the original prints from about 1930. I can estimate the year of this one because my grandfather, Emil Nensel, (class of 1931) is in this picture (second row, far left). I do not know any of the other people in the pictures however.

Submitted by: Sharon Reach Korsman, Glen Rock, NJ

This is a business card from my great grandfather's furniture business. The card itself tells much of what you might want to know. The year is 1920's and 1930's; however, the business may have existed well before that as the card says 40 years experience. We believe the business was brought over from England and that too may explain the 40 years. They immigrated in 1887. Joseph S. Freestone was married to Sarah Farrington. They lived on Maple Avenue, as well as having his business on Maple. My aunt still talks about the horse hair bed mattresses! Their children are: Susan, Fredrick, Florence (Agnes), Hazel, Ernest, Matthew, all born between 1881 and 1899.

Borden Dairy

Borden Dairy Distribution plant at 163 State Street in Hackensack, NJ. The date is about 1910 since one of the men is Alfred Clinton SEITZ [1881-1938] who was listed as a milk wagon driver in the 1910 US Census. We do not know which one he is. This would be the only photo of him that the family would have. If you can help identify the people in this photo, please let us know so we can post the names here for others who may visit and help to find Mr. SEITZ for the family. Thank you.

Travers

This photo is believed to be one of my Travers, McCabe, Mullaly, or Bottomley ancestors who immigrated to America from Ireland. The Travers, McCabes and Mullalys came circa 1840's. The Bottomleys came over in the 1870's.

The original photo is approximately 2 1/4 by 3 1/2 inches. On the back of the photo is the following: H. Kraus, Photographer - Carlstadt. A part of Carlstadt is not readable, but I believe from my research that this is Carlstadt, New Jersey, as there seems to be no other Carlstadt in the United States. I am hoping that someone will be able to help me date the photograph if the period of time that H. Kraus was in business at Carlstadt can be ascertained.

Courter

My Aunt, Lucy (Courter) DeBaun, stated about 1960 that this was a picture of the Courter family. I am assuming then that picture was taken 1875-1880. All individuals born Bergen County, NJ. The picture was given to me by Barbara (Hugg) Burghardt and came from the house of Harold and Emma (Cable) Courter after they died in Fairfield, Essex, NJ.

Van Zilen

Both my grandfather, George, and great-grandfather, Theodore, served on the Leonia Police Department. Theodore was killed in the line of duty and his name appears in Washington on the national monument commemorating officers killed in the line of duty.